3d printing business
3D Printing Financials: New Money Flows Into Medical, Industrial and AI 3D
Money continued to move into 3D printing in the second half of August. Hike Medical raised $22.5 million as it grows its 3D printed custom medical device business. Swiss additive…
3D Printing Financials: Aerospace and Defense Help Materialise Manufacturing Rebound
Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) grew revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2026, as its Medical business continued to expand, and stronger aerospace and defense demand helped its Manufacturing segment…
3D Printing Financials: Creality Posts H1 Loss, Plans $80M AM Headquarters
Creality (HKG: 3388) sold more products in the first half of 2026, but lower margins and higher spending pushed the consumer 3D printing company into the red. At the same…
AMS X Puts 3D Printing Business Center Stage; Registration Prices Increase August 26
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry has spent the last few years getting a lot more serious about business. Growth, profitability, consolidation, defense spending, supply chains, and scaling production now matter…
3DEO Liquidates Factory as Metal 3D Printing Business Is Broken Up
Metal additive manufacturing company 3DEO is being dismantled. On Tuesday, August 18, the remaining machinery at the company’s Torrance, California, factory went up for sale in an online auction. The…
Additive Economics 101, Part 1: Betwixt Rolex and Ryanair
Let’s look at what matters when we make things that matter. What considerations are there, what is important, what affects cost? Look at the levers in laser powder bed fusion,…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 8, 2026: Seawall Funding, Defense Capabilities, Supports, & More
We’re starting with business in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to defense. We’ll move on to young 3D printing entrepreneurs, and finish with some research out…
AMS X: Agenda Published for Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2027
From February 23-25, 2027, Additive Manufacturing Strategies will be back for its 10th iteration. The important AM industry business conference will once again return to New York City, though hopefully…
3D Printing Financials: Capital Raises, Portfolio Reshuffling, and Market Pressure
It’s been busy for publicly traded 3D printing companies, with new stock offerings, dealmaking, and investor updates showing how companies are working to strengthen their financial positions. Xometry raised $225…
AMS 2027: The AM Industry’s Biggest Business Conversations Return to New York
Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) is heading back to New York next February for what has become one of the industry’s most important business gatherings. The 10th annual AMS conference (or…
The Convergence of Vision and Experience: AMS and AMUG
During the last few weeks, I spent time on the ground at both the Additive Manufacturing Strategies Forum (AMS) and the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) meeting. What stands out…
3D Printing Financials: Velo3D Sees Rising Demand and Defense Growth, but Losses Persist
Velo3D (Nasdaq: VELO) is moving further into production-focused 3D printing, with growing demand from defense and aerospace customers shaping its strategy. The company is shifting beyond selling machines toward producing…
AMS 2026: The Gift of a Good Strategy
First things first, folks: if you’re planning on attending AMS 2026, February 24-26 in NYC, and you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here. We’ll consult some ghosts of…
From Hobby to Hustle: How the Prosumer 3D Printing Market Is Rewriting the Industry
When many hear 3D printing, they still think of hobbyists tinkering in garages, making figurines, models, or toys. But that image has changed. A new wave of users exists between…
Seek Success In Additive: Strawberry Fields
The paths to success in additive may appear limited, but this is only because of so much strategic replication and so many copycat businesses. One potentially lucrative path to additive…
Who’s Investing in 3D Printing in 2025? Potential Directions for AM Industry Consolidation
In the first part of this look at the general flows of capital into the additive manufacturing (AM) industry in 2025, Vanesa Listek did a masterful job of diagramming the…
Divergent Raises $290 Million: Beyond the Numbers
Divergent Technologies has raised $290 million in a Series E round, giving the firm a $2.3 billion valuation. The round included $250 million in equity capital and $40 million in…
Arun Jeldi’s American Dream: the Velo3D CEO on Where the Company, and Metal 3D Printing, are Headed
“I have a plan for 2050,” Dr. Arun Jeldi told me, “for how Velo3D can keep growing through that time, and longer. I want Velo3D to be a century-old company…
Printing Money Episode 31: AM Deals and Analysis with Fabian Alefeld, EOS
Printing Money Episode 31 is here! Danny’s guest for this episode is Fabian Alefeld (Director Business Development & Academy, Global Additive Minds | EOS North America, and Podcast Host, Additive…
3D Printing Financials: Protolabs Reports 3D Printing Dip, But Metal 3D Orders Grow
Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB) kicked off 2025 with a mixed but steady performance. Revenue remained close to expectations, profits dipped slightly from last year, and the company was profitable despite ongoing…
Velo3D Secures $22M Metal 3D Printing Powder Supply Deal with Amaero
Velo3D (OTCMKTS: VLDX) has signed a major new agreement with metal 3D printing powder manufacturer Amaero (ASX: 3DA). The five-year deal is valued at USD $22 million and centers around…
Aussie 3D Printing OEM AML3D Expands into UK Defense Market via BAE Systems Deal
The Australian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of wire additive manufacturing (WAM) systems, AML3D, has made expansion into the US defense market the cornerstone of its business strategy since pivoting a…
Blake Teipel Passes the Torch as Essentium Shifts to Nexa3D’s California Hub
Five months after Nexa3D acquired Essentium, the integration process is well underway. Despite initial perceptions that Nexa3D might be sidelining Essentium and founder Blake Teipel, the reality is more strategic….
Bringing a Business Model from Prototype to Scale: Makelab CEO Christina Perla Discusses the Company’s Innovative Growth Strategy
“Being industrial designers, Manny and I, at first, planned to start a design firm. As we were building it out and taking on various client projects, there was an opportunity…
